Colorintech will be lobbying homegrown and foreign tech firms with a UK presence to disclose more data about the diversity of their workforce and encourage a more transparent approach to the issue.

There is currently no detailed information on the overall levels of diversity in the tech and innovation industry in the UK, althought reports suggest that less than 5% of workers in the country's tech sector are from ethnic and gender minority backgrounds, in comparison to 38% of working age BAME individuals working at American Tech companies.

BAME individuals make up 13% of the UK population and 19% of applicants for higher education, but are under represented across both senior and junior levels in the technology sector.